People call it everything from ��alking your dog��to ��cratching your bean.��Women usually do it at home. Men, it sometimes seems, do it everywhere. Some people think it's healthy; others
think it is a sin that will send you straight to hell. But while many people declare that everyone's doing it, no one actually talks about it��utside the pages of Cosmo, masturbation
is among the most taboo of topics, not suitable for polite society or public conversation.
Mels van Driel boldly breaks this silence in order to help the world overcome its diffidence toward solo sex in With the Hand. Consulting everyone from doctors and sexologists to
feminists and chauvinists, van Driel explains what masturbation actually is and describes the latest discoveries and developments�on the subject. He also looks to theologians, historians, and
philosophers to understand perceptions of masturbation across cultures and religions throughout history. Covering a great number of topics, including age, location, and frequency, as well as
the effects of circumcision and the ability to have multiple orgasms, With the Hand also explores masturbation in art, literature, poetry, and music.
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Addressing the physical, mythical, and mythological, this often humorous and always informative book clears up the confusion surrounding this universal, and universally unmentionable, topic.
